...Xinyan Zhao; Xiaohui Wang; Yaxin Dai; Luying Wang Purpose The literature has revealed various factors driving misinformation sharing in the online sphere. However, there has been a lack of research on the structural factors that impact the spread of misinformation, and the specific roles played...

...Xizhu Xiao; Wenyuan Yang Purpose While much research has examined the effect of media literacy in combatting misinformation, whether and to what extent news media literacy influences misinformation-related behaviors (i.e. misinformation sharing, misinformation correction) and the mediating effect...

...) affects health misinformation sharing intention (R) through the channel of health misperceptions (O) and (2) whether the mediation process would be contingent upon different information processing predispositions. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from a survey comprising 388 respondents...

... in turn positively predicted greater misinformation sharing and commenting. No association was found between Big Five personality traits and news media news seeking. News media news seeking predicted higher intention to reply to misinformation. Both relationships were further moderated by misperceptions...